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Materials testing & consultancy Queenslie · Glasgow UKAS · ISO/IEC 17025:2017

We read the ground one sieve at a time.

Soils, aggregate, rock, concrete and bituminous — tested to British, European and American standards in our own laboratory at Queenslie Industrial Estate.

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Sieve stack, in section Five sieves stacked from 20 millimetres down to 0.063 millimetres, with the material retained on each mesh drawn as a band of sand and a thin line of sample falling through the centre. FEED 20 mm 10 mm 6.3 2 0.063 PAN
Fig. 1 Sieve stack, in section. Retained fraction drawn in sand. Not to scale.
Illustrative grading curve A grid of percent passing against sieve aperture on a logarithmic scale, with a line plotted through five points — 0.063, 2, 6.3, 10 and 20 millimetres — and the point at 6.3 millimetres called out. 0 20 40 60 80 100 PERCENT PASSING 0.063 2 6.3 10 20 SIEVE APERTURE — mm (LOG SCALE) 66% passing at 6.3 mm
Fig. 2 Illustrative grading curve — the same five sieves, plotted as percent passing. A shape, not a result.
Accreditation
ISO/IEC 17025:2017
Laboratory
Queenslie, Glasgow
Material groups
Five
Enquiries
0141 774 4032
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Accredited — and specific about it.

We are UKAS accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and can carry out an extensive range of tests to British, European, and American Standards. Visit our download page to view our UKAS schedules for a full list of accredited testing available.

Scope, in their words

“Our accreditation is limited to those activities described on our UKAS schedule of accreditation.”

The schedule is the list that counts, not the word “accredited” on its own. Every schedule marks which tests sit inside the scope and which do not — read them on the downloads page.

Accreditation
UKAS · ISO/IEC 17025:2017
Company no.
SC253253
Laboratory
10 Queenslie Point, Glasgow G33 3NQ
Enquiries
0141 774 4032
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Five materials, one laboratory.

Each group below is tested at Queenslie against the standards named beside it. The tests listed are a sample of the schedules, not the whole of them.

Material types, the tests carried out on each, and the standards they are tested to.
Material Typical tests Standard
Soils Particle size distribution, Atterberg limits, water content, dry density / moisture content, consolidation, triaxial shear strength BS 1377-2:2022BS EN ISO 17892
Aggregate Particle size distribution, flakiness and shape index, particle density and water absorption, Los Angeles abrasion, aggregate impact value BS EN 933-1:2012BS EN 1097
Rock Point load, uniaxial compressive strength, slake durability, density ASTM D7012-23ISRM Suggested Methods
Concrete Compressive strength of cubes and cores, density, slump, air content, flow BS EN 12390BS EN 12350
Bituminous Binder content and sieve analysis, bulk density, maximum density, percentage refusal density BS EN 12697

Standard numbers are taken from the laboratory's own test pages. Accreditation is per test, and is marked as such on the UKAS schedules.

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From the van to the portal.

Six stages, one reference number. This is the route a sample takes once it reaches Queenslie Point — and what you see at each one.

  1. 01

    Received

    The sample is booked in at Queenslie Point, against your project and your name.

  2. 02

    Logged

    It is given a laboratory reference. That reference follows it through every test.

  3. 03

    Prepared

    Reduced, dried, split and weighed to suit the method it is going to be run under.

  4. 04

    Tested

    Run against the standard named on the schedule — the accredited tests marked as such.

  5. 05

    Reported

    Results are issued as a report, quoting the standard each test was run to.

  6. 06

    Portal

    Reports are held in the client portal, so the file is where you left it.

The six stages describe a sample's route through the laboratory; they are not a turnaround promise. The portal is MATtest's own SharePoint site.

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Same tests. Your site.

Our trained technicians can undertake sampling and testing of soils, concrete, asphalt, aggregates and other construction materials for routine compliance, quality control or investigative purposes.

A technician in high-visibility clothing holding sampling equipment in an open field, wind turbines on the horizon.
On site: a technician with sampling equipment, wind farm behind.
MATtest Site Services
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Schedules, downloads, portal.

Two links do most of the work: the UKAS schedules that define the accredited scope, and the portal where the reports live afterwards.

Downloads UKAS schedules The accredited list for each material, and the standards behind every test. mattest.org/downloads Client portal Reports, held MATtest's own SharePoint portal — sign in with your client account. Open the portal
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Queenslie Point, Glasgow.

Please contact us if you would like to obtain a quotation, enquire about availability, or receive further information on the services we provide.

Make an enquiry 0141 774 4032

MATtest Limited is a materials testing and consultancy laboratory on the Queenslie Industrial Estate, in the east of Glasgow.

Address
10 Queenslie Point
Queenslie Industrial Estate
120 Stepps Road
Glasgow G33 3NQ
Telephone
0141 774 4032
Company no.
SC253253